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Article #2059Re: HELP: How to use MFC Database classes w/o Windowing
From: Kit Kauffmann
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 1995 11:37
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 1995 11:37
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In article <45grhq$53u@park.interport.net> slee@interport.net (Stuart Lee) writes: >I'm writing essentially a command-line program that works with >databases. I'm trying to get a handle on using VC++ and the database >classes of MFC, but there doesn't seem to be a straight forward >explanation of how to use MFC without all those windowing classes >which I do not need. >Can anyone explain how I can use VC++ and MFC to write non-windowing >(ie. Command-line) apps? >I've got both VC++ 1.51 and 2.0 but will probably use 2.0. >Any references to literature in this matter would also be appreciated. >All the books I've seen on VC++ and MFC assume that your app will have >a GUI. >Thanks. You may wish to consider using raw ODBC (that is what the MFC DB classes wrap), or (as we did) writing a (simple) C++ wrapper to simplify using ODBC. Using "raw" ODBC can provide advantages, like direct access to native server (non-ODBC) functionality, as well as distancing yourself from MFC. HTH! Kit Kauffmann - kitk@mudshark.sunquest.com AKA 73363,447 (Compu$erve) Finger me for my public key
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!kitk.sunquest.com!kitk From: kitk@mudshark.sunquest.com (Kit Kauffmann) Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32,comp.os.ms-windows.programmer,comp.lang.c++ Subject: Re: HELP: How to use MFC Database classes w/o Windowing Date: Wed, 11 Oct 1995 11:37:41 Organization: Sunquest Message-ID: <kitk.1897.000BA126@mudshark.sunquest.com> References: <45grhq$53u@park.interport.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: kkauffma.sunquest.com X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev A]